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Twitter New way of communicating Like a conference Telling everyone Broadcasting to all This file works best with Internet Explorer

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What is … “a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?” new form of online communication platform for listening to the communication of others in new ways Study Opportunities2

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Hashtag search # Almost every Twitter user has a public account, meaning that his or her tweets are indexable Many Facebook’s accounts are closed for security, thus not indexable Study Opportunities16

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Back channel with a # Imagine a running feed of tweets with # as a commentary on a lesson, presentation, sermon, viewed behind the speaker New issues of classroom management – could be nonproductive and nonacademic Establish an etiquette Give a grade for tweets (summary, meaningful question, indicating lack of clarity, etc.) Study Opportunities17

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@ symbol @ used in front of a name means it is addressed specifically at them To reply – put @ in front of their user name Study Opportunities18

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Special tweeting features To forward a tweet - put RT in front of the message (retweet) Study Opportunities19

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To just that person To tweet to just ‘that’ person - put d in front of their names Study Opportunities20

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Vocabulary tweeter: a user of Twitter tweets: posts on Twitter by twitterers twitter stream: a collection of tweets often times in alphabetical order twittering: to send a Twitter message twitterrhea: the act of sending too many Twitter messages Study Opportunities23